They paused for lunch—Italian, because someone’d decided to honor Jason’s heritage; Nate hoped they’d gotten it right—and for some contestant interviews, reactions, commentary so far. They’d come back for the announcement of the week’s Showpiece round theme: history and winter holidays, chosen as a sort of tribute to Colby and Jason, who’d famously fallen in love while filming a Napoleonic Wars period drama. They both loved history and historical detail, as mentioned in numerous interviews; the Showdown team had pounced on this information with glee. It’d film well.
The contestants would be allowed to choose their own favorite time periods and traditions, as long as they overall fit the theme of history, winter, celebrations, and some form of sculpted edible masterpiece. Today they’d get
